Huckleberry Finn

What Is a Literary Novel?

Warren Adler | Posted 03.29.2012

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Does durability, for example, constitute an important definition of what is or becomes a literary novel? How does a novel become a classic? Who determines what becomes a classic?

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Why We Are Displaying "Hateful Things" at the Mark Twain House

Craig Hotchkiss | Posted 05.26.2012

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Mark Twain tried to start us talking about race by writing such books as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but he knew that our discussion would have to go on long after his death, and that our tendency would be to try to ignore it, or pay it mere lip service.

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PHOTOS: Lost "Huck Finn" Illustrations Discovered

The Atlantic Wire | Posted 07.13.2011

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The British children's author and illustrator Edward Ardizzone is best known for writing and illustrating the Tim series and for his collaboration wit...

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New Edition Of "Huckleberry Finn" Replaces N-Word With "Navy SEAL"

Word With | Posted 07.09.2011

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: The Patriot's Edition is a new edition of Mark Twain's classic story of boyhood adventure, updated for the 21st ce...

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Top 10 Slang Narratives: From Pigeon English To "Milk-Plus"

Posted 05.25.2011

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From Flavorwire: By Kathleen Massara Dialect can be used as a class marker, or as something that identifies your hometown, your race, or your pr...

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Mark Twain's Language: "Bad" Words Then and Now

Hugh Rawson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The text of Huckleberry Finn includes more than two hundred instances of the controversial word. But this doesn't say very much about the author himself.

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EXCLUSIVE: Bill Maher's New Rule For Mark Twain Critics

Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Maher has some choice words for the publishers who want to omit offensive language from Mark Twain's classic Huckleberry Finn. In a new episode o...

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Interview: Stellan Skarsgard as a Gentle Man

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Yes, Stellan Skarsgard says, he's in the midst of filming David Fincher's version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the biggest export Sweden has pr...

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Sanitizing Twain -- to the Nth Degree

Laurence Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Huckleberry Finn is a product of its time. Hate it, debate it, deplore it, ignore it, but don't take it upon yourself to change it to suit your own mores and values.

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Michael Chabon On The N-Word In 'Huckleberry Finn'

The Atlantic | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Sawyer was bedtime reading for me and my two youngest kids (son and daughter, 7 and 9) at the start of last summer. Of course we all loved it. It ...

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WATCH: Jon Stewart Takes On 'Huckleberry Finn' N-Word Controversy

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night on "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart took on the recent 'Huckleberry Finn' controversy, speaking with "Senior Black Correspondent" Larry Wi...

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The Problem With Protection

Monica Edinger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whenever I read about another effort to protect the young from historical nastiness (the latest being the new edition of Mark Twain's The Adventures o...

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A Few Words In Defense of the N-Word, in the Novels of Mark Twain

Mikhail Lyubansky | Posted 05.25.2011

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While racial insensitivity and avoidance of discussions about racism are real problems in classrooms, removing racially objectionable content from literature cannot possibly be effective in anything other than eliminating discomfort.

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Publisher Drops 'Inflammatory Words' from Huck Finn

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

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If discussions about race and racism are dropped based on the edited version of Twain's Huck Fin, it would be an educational tragedy.

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The Real N-Word Is "Nonsense"

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some readers, along with educators and parents, have been offended by the use of a word that makes people uncomfortable -- with good reason. News flash: Art is supposed to make us uncomfortable.

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The New Adventure of Huckleberry Finn

Akim Reinhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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In editing the books he cherishes so much, Gribben is attempting to make them more accessible to high school students by creating an edition that won't be banned from many schools.

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Huck and Finn Rewrite

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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WATCH: Stephen Colbert Says He Is A 'Huge Fan Of Censorship'

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Nation, I am on record as being a huge fan of censorship," Stephen Colbert said last night. "Of course, you wont actually find it in the record -- I ...

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No Publisher Should "Edit" Mark Twain's Novels

Richard Greener | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Twain's novels are about to be bloodied. As a novelist, I understand, object and feel compelled to protest.

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New Editions Of Mark Twain Classics To Be Published Without 'N-Word'

AP | PHILLIP RAWLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Mark Twain wrote that "the difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." A new editi...

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Mark Twain In New York City

The New York Times | MICHAEL POLLAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Twain was a lifelong traveler, and his footsteps are all over New York City. Many of them are detailed in "Mark Twain: A Life" by Ron Powers (Fre...

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Mark Twain's Autobiography: Previously Unpublished Documents Reveal Shocking View Of Christianity, Criticism Of Roosevelt (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Twain's autobiography will be published this November, 100 years after his death, per Twain's own dying wishes. A fear of being shunned for the s...

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The 70 Best Children's Books Of All Time, For Puffin's 70th Birthday

The Guardian | Michelle Pauli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Huckleberry Finn rubs shoulders with Artemis Fowl, Charlie and Lola with Fungus the Bogeyman, and Dick King Smith's Sheep-Pig with Gerald Durrell's Fa...

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Mark Twain Quiz: How Well Do You Know The Legend?

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's exactly a century since Mark Twain died, but his voice remains as fresh and witty as ever. How well do you know the man who gave the world Huck F...

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Mark Twain Centennial: Rudyard Kipling's Interview With Mark Twain

Posted 05.25.2011

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This article originally appeared as a Library of America Story of the Week feature. An Interview with Mark Twain Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) From "T...

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